Military Resettlement, Business, Training & Recruitment
The Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) has helped their Afghan partners undertake an operation in an insurgent stronghold of Helmand that has resulted in a substantial weapons find and a number of insurgents being detained.
Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP), with the help of British units, have destroyed more than 800 kilos of explosives which have been seized in recent operations in the Lashkar Gah area of Helmand province.
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley where a series of British casualties occurred.
British soldiers in Helmand have completed a three-day operation to disrupt insurgent activity in a Taliban stronghold in the Upper Gereshk Valley where a series of British casualties occurred.
British and Afghan soldiers have taken part in a volleyball tournament in Helmand province to get to know each other better and enjoy time off from the rigours of patrolling.
Hundreds of Afghan National Army (ANA) recruits have sworn loyalty and allegiance in a solemn ceremony at their new training centre in Helmand province. Over 800 recruits became ANA soldiers, or ‘warriors’, each swearing an oath on the Holy Koran.
The first Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) Officers have graduated from the British-run Regional Training Centre (South West) [RTC(SW)] in Helmand province, which has now passed out its 3,000th recruit.
British soldiers and civilians working in Helmand province have taken on the local cricket team in a match designed to improve relations between the UK military forces and the local population they are working amongst.
The official opening ceremony of a new training centre for Afghan troops in Helmand province took place on Saturday 30 April 2011.
UK and Afghan forces, led by British troops from 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), are helping reopen a bazaar of more than 100 shops in the Helmand town of Chah-e Anjir, once too dangerous for local trade due to the insurgent threat.
The Afghan National Police (ANP) in Helmand have taken a further step in their continuing development after receiving first aid training from medics of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS).
Three British Army medics serving in Afghanistan’s Helmand province have begun teaching their skills to a group of Afghan nurses, who will form the basis of a pioneering new ambulance service.